Suddenly I understand

Looking out the window today, I suddenly get why all the music that came out of Manchester in the 80's was so ridiculously mopey. I mean, look at this:



Ew. Even the cows won't stand for this.

But yeah... as that one dude, the one with the ugly hair, from Pulp Fiction, said: It's the little differences. All in all, England's not so different from the States that I do a double-take every time I go outside the dorms... in fact, some of the dorms here could double for McMansions. But there are little things: the beer cans scattered around campus are Foster's; Burger King is more popular than McDonald's (so no Royale with Cheese yet); and even the exhaust from the bus I just missed smells different as it spews in my face, laughing at my hapless attempts to chase it down. (Probably because they have actual pollution controls here (except on food (ba-zing!))).

So... more clouds are rolling in off the horizon. This is a pretty shitty beach town, people.